It's actually nothing like what you wrote - though thanks to effective propaganda campaigns perpetrated by a small band of wealthy, powerful,
sentient (mostly) types who all share/d similar 'issues' with just being decent - your post has received 'some crazy number' of stars...

The sad reality is that there are Grand Truths in this universe, and there are Grand Falsities - or 'Deceptions'. Islam was a religion imho which
was early 'adjusted' to serve the needs of a small band of wealthy, powerful, sentient (mostly) types who all share/d similar 'issues' with just
being decent. Some say it could even have been down to just one man... I personally believe there was actual collusion between human and demonic
powers.

However - CS Lewis, in The Last Battle, commented nicely on that which I've decided to call the 'Good Path' that the Source ALWAYS lays out plain
as day for those that are True.

Essentially, the Man is not the Religion - being true to that 'Image of God in your Self' (achieving your highest potential, in ALL key areas of
Human Potential, both enjoyable and rewarding). Also a means of returning due thanks, even service (when called upon, either directly or by the
chance occurrences of Life) to the ONE who created the phenomenon of consciousness.

maybe that is why i got a large bag o' stars but i strongly beleive that organized religion is the devil.
as an atheist i only see the damage religion has done to the world and the human race.
thank god for education the only real tool of enlightenment.

Neo-Nazis play well within the existing structures of Western democracies, including Russia. These countries are white-majority and the populace is
generally gullible enough to think that anti-immigration, anti-Islamist, and/or anti-crime legislators are not terrific racists. Neo-Nazi
terrorists are the stupid ones; the smart ones go into politics.

Originally posted by Kokatsi
As Canadian poster ju87 remarks in a forum post attached to the quoted article,

"The article is written by Daniel Pipes, a noted neocon who actually believed there were WMDs in Iraq. This is a man who'd do anything to raise an
alarm about Islam. So it's most likely the article and the numbers are completely crap."

and:

"Most Muslims in the CIS are quite detached from their religion, I know some personally. This is mostly due to their forced secularization under
Soviet rule. They're nowhere near the turban-strapping fanatics you're hoping they would be."

I highly agree with this poster.
Moreover, Russians have trouble with Chechnyan separatists, some of whom have extremist Muslim ties. And, Russia has a large neo-fascist movement,
with private army training, and the highest targeted people by them are Muslim minorities from the former republics of the Soviet State, trying to
make a living in Russia...

You mean trying to take over Russia from the indigenous people, like all brown people are doing to white countries. Yah sounds familiar.

maybe that is why i got a large bag o' stars but i strongly beleive that organized religion is the devil.
as an atheist i only see the damage religion has done to the world and the human race.
thank god for education the only real tool of enlightenment.

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And you will burn in hell for not accepting Christ. Simply put, Jews have brainwashed you.

No. Tzarist Russia and the Soviet Union both colonized many indigenous peoples for imperial reasons - some of who are indeed browner or Muslim but
there were tribes as well.
As much as I like Russians, the imperial past of any nation will come back to haunt them. Ditto for the English and the French.

Originally posted by bluemirage5
Here's what I think will go down. Iran goes to war with Israel or the USA; Russia will send their Muslim soldiers just so they can get rid of them.
The Russians don't like their Muslims just as the Chinese Govt does'nt like theirs....must I say more?

In the old Soviet Union it was not uncommon for the Russian PTB to use soldiers from different provinces and territories in other regions that the
soldiers home land/territory/province had bad blood with and vise/versa etc. That way when the Soldiers were given and order which required force or
brutality the soldiers didn't have a problem carrying out such activities.

Think of it this way. If a single power had control over both the Arabs and Israel and wanted to maintain order they would use Arab soldiers in Israel
and Israeli soldiers in an Arab country etc. Or as you have eluded to could be a potential way of reducing the "Muslim population" through conflict.

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